Stay fit for your health and wealth.

Exercise can enhance productivity, productivity can enhance finances:

Need an extra reason to hit the gym this week? Beyond helping you stay healthy and feel good about yourself, exercise can improve your productivity and your finances.

Physical activity has been associated with long term benefits, including:

•Preventing chronic conditions such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer.
•Improving strength and balance so we can stay more independent as we age.
•Promoting children’s healthy growth and development

Now a growing body of evidence suggests regular exercise also:
•makes it easier to concentrate
•Sharpens our memories
•Help us learn faster
•Lets us stay focused longer
•Boosts our creativity
•Reduce our stress
•Makes us happier

Each of those cognitive and mental health benefits, in turn, can contribute to our productivity at work. More productive employees are often rewarded with promotions, salary increases and bonuses. More productive business owners may win more clients and grow their company faster. Earning more means we can save and invest more to grow our wealth, and plan with confidence for a financially secure future

Understand the benefits but pressed for time?

If you don’t want to go all out for 60 seconds, work these four simple exercises into your day:

•Bicep curl:Hold two heavy books and lift your arms slowly with your elbows close to your sides repeat 15 to 20 times

•Tricep desk dip:Stand facing away from a well-secured desk or table with your palms on the edge, lower your body until your elbows are at 90 degrees and then push back up slowly until your arms are straight again repeat 12 to 15 times.

•wall sit:Lean against a wall with your knees at 90 degrees and hold for up to 60 seconds

•Seated leg raise:Raise one or both legs (for added challenge, loop a purse or briefcase over your ankles) and hold for 5 to10 seconds repeat 12 to15 times
Even small changes to incorporate exercise into your routine can have a positive impact on your health and your wealth.

Kids and Exercise.

            KIDS HEALTH:

When most adults think about exercise, they imagine working out in the gym, running on a treadmill, or lifting weights.

But for kids, exercise means playing and being physically active. Kids exercise when they have gym class at school, during recess, at dance class or soccer practice, while riding bikes, or when playing tag.

The Many Benefits of Exercise:

Everyone can benefit from regular exercise. Active kids will have:

• Stronger muscles and bones

• Leaner body

• Less risk of becoming overweight

• A lower chance of getting type 2 diabetes

• Lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol        level

• A better outlook on life

Besides enjoying the health benefits of regular exercise, fit kids sleep better. They're also better able to handle physical and emotional challenges from running to catch a bus to studying for a test.

•Aerobic exercise can be fun for both adults and kids. Aerobic activities include:

•Basketball
•bicycling
•ice skating
•inline skating
•Soccer
•Swimming
•tennis
•walking
•jogging
•running

Raising Fit Kids:
Combining regular physical activity with a healthy diet is the key to a healthy lifestyle.
Here are some tips for raising fit kids:

•Help your kids do in a variety of age appropriate activities.

•Set a regular schedule for physical activity.

•Make being active a part of daily life, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator.

•Embrace a healthier lifestyle yourself, so you'll be a positive role model for your family.

•Be active together as a family.

•Keep it fun, so your kids will come back for more.